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Senate committee approves letting local governments bar fireworks near horse facilities
Summary
The Senate State and Local Government Operations Committee amended and passed HB614 to let cities and counties adopt ordinances banning consumer fireworks up to 200 yards of facilities that house horses, removing a prior "commercial" limitation and leaving enactment to local governments.
Madam Speaker Pro Tem appeared before the Senate State and Local Government Operations Committee to present House Bill 614, which would allow a city or county to adopt a local ordinance prohibiting the use or ignition of consumer fireworks up to 200 yards of facilities that house horses.
The measure is a targeted change to Georgia’s existing fireworks law that adds facilities housing equines to a list of locations already afforded distance-based restrictions. Supporters said the change is intended to…
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